Teachers need to understand the fundamental principles that underlie school mathematics, so that they can teach it to diverse groups of students as a coherent, reasoned activity and communicate and appreciate the elegance and power of the subject.”
(Mathematical Education for Teachers II, 2012)
Discrete math topics are becoming more common in high school curricula and there is an escalating need for teachers to understand the ideas, methods and applications in this area in order to be better prepared to facilitate student discovery. In this course, teachers will look deeply at the fundamental ideas which span seemingly unrelated topics, and will develop a problem solving habit of mind towards the subject. This course in discrete mathematics will draw from topics in the following areas of study: basic counting methods, the binomial theorem, recursion, modular arithmetic, graph theory, set theory, logic, Latin squares, number bases and finite differences. This virtual course will be structured in a problem solving format which will promote assisted discovery, communication of process & examination of alternate solution routes.
